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Friend to Friend Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$139k
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Education$299kHuman Services$70kHousing & Shelter$30kYouth Development$21kArts & Culture$15k
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $66k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $73k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Alpine School District Foundation$30,000
Washington County School District Foundation$13,000
The Center for Women & Children$10,000
Be a Little Too Kind$10,000
Ohana Beginnings$10,000
Junior Achievement of Utah$7,500
Iron County School District Foundation$5,000
South Sanpete School District Foundation$5,000
Canyons School District Foundation$5,000
Millard School District Foundation$5,000
Nebo Education Foundation$5,000
Davis Education Foundation$5,000
Salt Lake Education Foundation$5,000
North Sanpete School District Foundation$5,000
Emery County School District Foundation$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 91% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%SHROPSHIRE MUSIC FOUNDATION: $8k → 11%DAVIS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $23k → 6%SALT LAKE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%The Center for Women & Children: $10k → 8%OGDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT: $5k → 9%Washington County School District Foundation: $13k → 10%Millard School District Foundation: $5k → 11%Emery County School District Foundation: $5k → 12%Iron County School District Foundation: $5k → 13%NORTH SANPETE SCHOOL DISTRICT: $5k → 15%THE CENTER FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN: $10k → 8%THE CENTER FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN: $10k → 8%WASHINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT: $10k → 10%MILLARD SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%EMERY COUNTRY SCHOOL DISTRICT: $5k → 12%NORTH SANPETE SCHOOL DISTRICT: $5k → 15%DAVIS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10k → 6%Salt Lake Education Foundation: $5k → 8%Nebo Education Foundation: $5k → 8%WASHINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT: $5k → 10%MILLARD SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%Davis Education Foundation: $5k → 12%Murray Education Foundation: $5k → 15%SHROPSHIRE MUSIC FOUNDATION: $5k → 6%MURRAY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $20k → 8%Alpine School District Foundation: $30k → 8%EMERY COUNTRY SCHOOL DISTRICT: $5k → 12%North Sanpete School District Foundation: $5k → 15%MURRAY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%ALPINE SCHOOL DISTRICT: $20k → 8%SOUTH SANPETE SCHOOL DISTRICT: $5k → 15%CANYONS SCHOOL DISTRICT: $5k → 8%ALPINE SCHOOL DISTRICT: $20k → 8%SOUTH SANPETE SCHOOL DISTRICT: $5k → 15%Canyons School District Foundation: $5k → 8%UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%South Sanpete School District Foundation: $5k → 15%OHANA BEGINNINGS: $10k → 8%Provo School District Foundation: $5k → 8%BE A LITTLE TOO KIND: $10k → 8%Ohana Beginnings: $10k → 8%OHANA BEGINNINGS: $10k → 8%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES: $10k → 8%Be a Little Too Kind: $10k → 8%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF UTAH: $8k → 8%BE A LITTLE TOO KIND: $10k → 8%JORDAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%Junior Achievement of Utah: $8k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$304k · 15 repeat orgs$130k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +1% since the first grant, against -10% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
8

Total granted

$304k
$50k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
-10%

Still filing today

47%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $81k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24
EducationHealthPhilanthropyInternationalArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • ME
    Murray Education Foundation
    3× · 2022–2024 · $35k · revenue +23%
  • TC
    The Center for Women and Children in Crisis
    3× · 2022–2024 · $30k · revenue +126%
  • SL
    Salt Lake Education Foundation
    2× · 2023–2024 · $10k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • UV
    UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -29%
  • RM
    Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -10%
  • SM
    SHROPSHIRE MUSIC FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $8k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Canyons School District Education Foundation

Canyons School District Education Foundation works in tandem with community and business partners to build support for public schools and to advance Canyons School Districts mission to help every student become college- and career-ready…

Education
2
Weber County School District Foundation

The mission of the Weber School Foundation is to raise and provide funds to enhance educational goals and opportunities for students.

Education
3
San Juan County School District Foundation

Provide academic growth to students of San Juan County Utah School District by promoting, sponsoring and carrying out educational, scientific, charitable and related activities and objectives with the San Juan County School District.

Education
4
Park City Education Foundation

Our mission is to fund and support educator-powered initiatives that inspire all Park City students to reach their academic and lifelong potential.

Education
5
Tooele County School District Education Foundation Inc

To support the Tooele School District in education, literacy, and charitable purposes.

Education
6
Springdale Public Schools Education Foundation

To provide scholarships to Springdale students and grants to teachers.

Education
7
Iowa Valley Community School District Foundation

The IVCSD Foundation works to provide resources that assist district personnel in expanding educational opportunities for all students. All funds raised, gifts, and donations directly benefit the students and staff at Iowa Valley. State…

Education
8
Granite Education Foundation

The Granite Education Foundation's mission is to reduce barriers to learning and increase access to opportunities for students and educators in the Granite School District.

Education
9
Sequim Education Foundation

To be a catalyst for vibrant growth of each student in the Sequim School District.

Education
10
District 99 Education Foundation

The District 99 Education Foundation provides independent financial assistance for District 99 students and staff, in support of innovative curriculum, technologies, and District 99 community needs that fall outside of traditional public…

Arts & Culture
11
Mormon Scholars Foundation
Education
12
David Douglas Educational Foundation

The David Douglas Educational Foundation is dedicated to promoting student success for all children in the David Douglas School District through partnerships with the schools, promotion of innovative educational programs and assistance to…

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Salt Lake Education Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Shropshire Music Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 33 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
7/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Alpine School District: $40,000 · OtherAlpine School DistrictDavis Education Foundation: $37,950 · OtherDavis Education FoundationBE A LITTLE TOO KIND: $30,000 · OtherBE A LITTLE TOO KINDOHANA BEGINNINGS: $30,000 · OtherOHANA BEGINNINGSWASHINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT: $15,000 · OtherWASHINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTTHE WASHINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $13,000 · OtherUTAH EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: $10,500 · OtherNORTH SANPETE SCHOOL DISTRICT: $10,000 · OtherSOUTH SANPETE SCHOOL DISTRICT: $10,000 · OtherEMERY COUNTRY SCHOOL DISTRICT: $10,000 · Other+9 more: $42,050 · Other+9 moreMurray Education Foundation: $35,000 · EducationMurray Education FoundationAlpine School District Foundation: $30,000 · EducationAlpine School District Found…MILLARD SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EducationMILLARD SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUN…UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationUTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY FOUND…Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah: $5,500 · EducationJordan Education Foundation: $5,000 · EducationEMERY CO SCHOOL DIST FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationTHE IRON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationThe Center for Women and Children in Crisis: $30,000 · HealthThe Center…Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc: $10,000 · HealthRonald McD…Junior Achievement of Utah & Idaho: $15,000 · InternationalSalt Lake Education Foundation: $10,000 · PhilanthropyNEBO EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropySHROPSHIRE MUSIC FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$248,500Education$110,500Health$40,000International$15,000Philanthropy$15,000Arts & Culture$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDavis Education Foundation: $37,950 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMurray Education Foundation: $35,000 over 3y, 7.5% of budgetAlpine School District Foundation: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Center for Women and Children in Crisis: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetJunior Achievement of Utah & Idaho: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMILLARD SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetTHE WASHINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $13,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSalt Lake Education Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Utah: $5,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSHROPSHIRE MUSIC FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetJordan Education Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEBO EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetEMERY CO SCHOOL DIST FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetTHE IRON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetPROVO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Larry H Miller and Ga…Sorenson Legacy Found…Ihc Health Services I…The Community Foundat…Utah Lunch Debt Relie…The Policy ProjectThe Dennis and Joan N…The Lorraine Beckhama…C Scott & Dorothy E W…Kennecott Utah Copper…The Ashton Family Fou…Intermountain Communi…
Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family FoundationUT28.1× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · Ihc Health Services Inc · The Community Foundation of Utah · Utah Lunch Debt Relief Foundation · The Policy Project · The Dennis and Joan Norton Family Foundation · The Lorraine Beckhamashe Foundation · C Scott & Dorothy E Watkins Charitable Foundation · Kennecott Utah Copper Visitors Center Charitable Foundation · The Ashton Family Foundation · Intermountain Community Care Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Friend to Friend Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Friend to Friend Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Friend to Friend Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Friend to Friend Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 33 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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